Brooks Automation Announces Participation in the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Brooks Automation Announces Participation in the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference CHELMSFORD, Mass., Jan. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS) announced today that the company will present at the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA.  Steve Schwartz, President and Chief Executive Officer, and... Read more

Promega Microsatellite Instability Technology Receives Innovation Designation from Chinese National Medical Products Administration

Madison, WI USA. (January 2, 2019) Promega Corporation’s latest microsatellite instability (MSI) technology has been granted innovation designation by the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). Promega MSI technology has been validated in labs around the world. With innovation status, the path to become classified as an invitro diagnostic (IVD) will gain elevated efficiency by having... Read more

bioMérieux receives FDA clearance for BPA and BPN culture bottles used with BACT/ALERT® VIRTUO® for quality control testing of platelets

19 December, 2018 bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announces that its culture bottles BACT/ALERT® BPA and BPN have received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for quality control testing of leukocyte-reduced apheresis platelet (LRAP) units with the BACT/ALERT® VIRTUO® fully automated blood culture system. This innovative FDA cleared and CE marked... Read more

WITec Establishes New Partnership with Elliot Scientific for UK and Ireland

WITec is pleased to announce a new partnership for the sales and support of its products in the UK and Ireland. The cooperation with Elliot Scientific Limited, an established supplier of opto-mechanical components, will enhance the local visibility of WITec’s line of Raman imaging and scanning probe microscopes and ensure closer contact with its customer... Read more

USDA approves Reveal® Q+ for Aflatoxin with Raptor® reader

LANSING, Mich., Dec. 18, 2018 — Neogen Corporation announced today that the USDA’s Federal Grain Inspection Service (USDA-FGIS) has awarded a Certificate of Conformance for the Reveal® Q+ for Aflatoxin test kit used with Neogen’s new Raptor® Integrated Analysis Platform system. Neogen’s Reveal Q+ for Aflatoxin test delivers fast and precise results, and is certified for a wide variety... Read more

PRIME designation granted by European Medicines Agency for Roche’s risdiplam for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Basel, 17 December 2018 PRIME designation granted by European Medicines Agency for Roche’s risdiplam for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Risdiplam has the potential to be the first oral medicine for the treatment of SMA Types 1, 2 and 3; a rare and debilitating genetic disease most commonly diagnosed in children European Medicines Agency PRIME... Read more

Bruker and Mestrelab Announce Strategic Collaboration and Partnership for Chemistry and Pharma Software Applications

BILLERICA, Mass., Dec. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker Corporation and Mestrelab Research SL (www.mestrelab.com) today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to advance chemistry software that handles spectroscopic data and extracts and manages chemical information from a variety of analytical techniques, including for example NMR and mass spectrometry. Together the companies will focus... Read more

Listeria Right Now™ AOAC-certified for additional surfaces

LANSING, Mich., Dec. 12, 2018 — Neogen’s one-hour Listeria Right Now™ environmental pathogen detection system has been certified by the AOAC for use with samples on three additional surfaces. Listeria Right Now achieved its original AOAC approval (license number #081802) in August for use with samples obtained from stainless steel and sealed concrete surfaces. The test kit has now... Read more

Brooks Automation Announces Participation in the Seventh Annual New York City Investor Summit

Brooks Automation Announces Participation in the Seventh Annual New York City Investor Summit CHELMSFORD, Mass., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced today that Steve Schwartz, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Lindon Robertson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the 7th Annual New York City Investor Summit... Read more

PerkinElmer Receives CE-IVD Mark for Its Vanadis Fully Automated NIPT Platform

Innovative Cost-Effective Solution Provides Pregnant WomenWidespread Access to Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 26, 2018– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that its Vanadis® NIPT system has obtained CE-IVD mark for commercialization and distribution throughout Europe and other countries that accept CE marking. This... Read more